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Jennings, James

"The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire"


Shab-water. _s._ A. water prepared with tobacco, and some
mercurial, to cure the shab.
Shabby. _adv._ Affected with the shab. Hence the origin of
the common word _shabby_, mean, paltry.
Shackle. _s._ A twisted band. Shal'der. _s._ A kind of
broad flat rush, growing in ditches.
Sharp. _s._ A shaft of a waggon, &c.
Shatt'n. Shalt not.
Sheer. _s._ A sheath.
Shil'lith. _s._ A shilling's worth.
Shine. _s._ Every _shine o'm_, is, every one of them.
To Shod. _v. a._ To shed: to spill.
Sholl. _v._ Shall.
Shord. _s._ A sherd; a gap in a hedge. A _stop-shord_, a
stop-gap.
Shower. _adj._ Sure.
Showl. _s._ A shovel.
To Showl. _v. a._ To shovel.
To Shride, To Shroud. _v. a._ To cut off wood from the sides
of trees; or from trees generally.
Shride, Shroud. _s._ Wood cut off from growing trees. It
sometimes means a pole so cut; _ladeshrides_--shrides placed
for holding the load. _See_ LADESHRIDES.
To Shug. _v. a._ To shrug; to scratch; to rub against.
Shut'tle.


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